Age at first marriage in Malawi: A Bayesian multilevel analysis using a discrete time-to-event model

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 439-455

  Manda, Samuel ^a   Meyer, Renate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescent marriage and fertility; Gibbs sampling; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844364628     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2005.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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